Payer

Here are five data breaches payers recently reported:

Shareholders approved Centene's pending $17 billion acquisition of WellCare Health Plans in separate votes June 24, the companies said.

Minneapolis-based North Memorial Health and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota signed a joint venture agreement to become shared owners of North Memorial's clinics.

Anthem's definitive agreement to acquire Boston-based Beacon Health Options aligns with the importance of behavioral healthcare and provides opportunities to improve patient care, an Anthem leader told Becker's.

For the fifth year in a row, members were more satisfied with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan than with other Medicare Advantage insurers, according to the J.D. Power 2019 Medicare Advantage Study.

Cigna opened an office in Nairobi, Kenya, that will serve as the company's headquarters for its African operations, according to Hapa Kenya.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge led by health insurers seeking billions in government payments related to the ACA insurance exchanges, according to Politico.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare entered into a new multiyear agreement with CVS Health-owned Aetna, the companies said June 24.

Pittsburgh rivals UPMC and Highmark entered into an agreement that allows Highmark members to access UPMC hospitals and physicians at in-network prices for the next decade.

Passport Health Plan, a health insurance company controlled by healthcare providers in Louisville, Ky., has cut its staff by 29 ahead of plans to sell a majority stake to health plan administrator Evolent Health, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.